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Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been developed extensively ever since new BMG compositions with excellent glass-forming-ability were discovered in 1990s. BMGs have exhibited many unique properties, such as superior strengths with high elastic limits, excellent scratch and wear resistance, good corrosion resistance, etc., as BMGs have amorphous structures without crystalline features. Owing to the discovery of new processing methods (i.e., beating crystallization by millisecond heating and processing) and new BMG compositions with promising property (i.e., damage-tolerant Pd-based BMGs), BMGs will still be considered as potential structural and functional materials, for example, new industrial products with high performance, such as microgears, yokes for linear actuators, golf-club heads, and electronic casings. …